South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts15—Owner may impound on his own land cattle trespassing on such land
(1) The owner of any
land on which any cattle are found trespassing may impound such cattle in any
convenient place upon his own land if there is not a public pound situated
within eight kilometres of such land.
(2) Such owner shall,
within twenty-four hours of such impounding—
(a) if
the owner of any of such cattle is known to him, give to the owner of such
cattle, or leave at his usual or last known place of abode in the said State,
notice of such impounding, specifying, with respect to such of the cattle as
are owned by him, the same particulars as are, by section 22, required to
be specified in the notice given to the keeper of any public pound by any
person impounding cattle therein; and
(b) if
the owner of any of such cattle is unknown to him, give to the keeper of the
nearest public pound the same notice specifying the same particulars with
respect to the cattle whose owner is unknown to him as is, by section 22,
required to be given to such keeper by any person impounding cattle in such
pound.
(3) The owner
impounding cattle as aforesaid shall feed and maintain the cattle whilst
impounded, and shall not keep them so impounded longer than seven whole days
of twenty-four hours each. If the owner of such cattle does not within that
period pay to the owner impounding such cattle the amount of damages claimed
in respect of the trespass of such cattle, together with charges for the
sustenance of such cattle whilst so impounded, at the same rates as are
chargeable by the keeper of the nearest public pound, the owner of the land
may impound them in the nearest public pound.
(4) The owner
impounding cattle as aforesaid may claim in respect of the cattle so impounded
sustenance charges in respect of the sustenance of such cattle whilst
impounded by him on his own land at the rates chargeable by the keeper of the
nearest public pound, in addition to any damages claimed for the trespass of
such cattle on his land.